If you liked this story, share it with other people. Nitrogen fertilizers are applied to crops to increase yield, but some of that nitrogen is lost to the atmosphere in the form of ammonia. Ammonia is ...

There is no national fertilizer policy in the U.S., let alone a strategy to reduce fertilizer use with associated targets and ...

A two-year open-air experiment shows that elevated ozone and combined organic-inorganic fertilization both accelerate ...

Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have developed wheat plants that stimulate the production of their own fertilizer, opening the path toward less air and water pollution worldwide and ...

Four decades of high-resolution modeling show that Swiss agricultural policies dramatically improved nitrogen use efficiency ...

Global consumption of fertilizer has doubled since 1980, but some regions that have historically overused fertilizer, including China and parts of Europe, have taken steps to reduce use. Those are ...

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The idyllic image of lush, green fields might hide an alarming truth – our soils are becoming increasingly polluted with microplastics, and fertilizers are a major culprit! A groundbreaking study from ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Nitrogen is an essential element for living organisms, needed to build DNA, proteins and chlorophyll. Although nitrogen makes up nearly 80% of the ...

Algae on Lake Okeechobee’s east shore surrounds boats in a harbor, July 11, 2018. Toxic algae blossoms on Lake Okeechobee helped convince Republican leaders to plan billions in state and federal ...

As farmers balk at skyrocketing fertilizer costs and runoff threatens drinking water sources in Iowa, North American manufacturers are raking in cash. Illinois-based CF Industries and Canadian company ...